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New York Times, Friday, October 6, 2017

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
37-Down : Didn't break down
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 32 Missing: {KX} This is puzzle # 226 for Mr. Berry. Friday freshness: 88%
Jeff Chen notes:
PB has been focusing on low word count themelesses over the past few years. A 64-word puzzle is notoriously difficult to execute on ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times10/6/17 ( No. 24,804 )
Across
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Allergy-triggering fluff : CATHAIR
8
Orchestra section that plays mostly harmony : VIOLAS
14
In no particular order : ATRANDOM
16
Collar : ARREST
17
Appear : SEEMTOBE
18
Good behavior's reward, maybe : PAROLE
19
"Tony n' ___ Wedding" (Off Broadway hit) : TINAS
20
And what follows, in legal memos : ETSEQ
22
Ornate dresser : FOP
23
Wraps up : ENDS
24
2015 film for which Sylvester Stallone was nominated for Best Supporting Actor : CREED
25
Clothing store section : MENS
26
Pretense : PUTON
27
Dance seen in "Evita" : TANGO
28
Congresswoman who delivered the opening statement at Nixon's impeachment hearings : BARBARAJORDAN
31
History, philosophy and so on : SOCIALSTUDIES
32
Recipient of blank checks : ACCOUNTHOLDER
33
Decorative bedding : SHAMS
34
Amsterdam of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" : MOREY
35
Queen of Heaven in the "Iliad" : HERA
36
Coolidge's vice president : DAWES
37
Industry magnate : CZAR
41
Abbr. on a tube : ADA
42
Group conducting a Q. and A., maybe : PANEL
43
City on the Oregon Trail : BOISE
44
Some chops : MUTTON
46
Delicious item : REDAPPLE
48
Enfant terrible of children's literature : ELOISE
49
Part of a Yahtzee set : SCOREPAD
50
Bob Evans competitor : DENNYS
51
Stretchable cords : TENDONS
Down
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Hive division : CASTE
2
Opted to cook : ATEIN
3
Be much tweeted about : TREND
4
Fatah rival : HAMAS
5
Colony dwellers : ANTS
6
Witness's words : IDO
7
Five-time Best Director nominee who said "All of the best things in my films are mistakes" : ROBERTALTMAN
8
Smoked, modern-style : VAPED
9
Where the Tigris and Euphrates meet : IRAQ
10
"Catch-22" pilot who repeatedly crashes : ORR
11
Guitar inventor in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame : LEOFENDER
12
Since : ASLONGAS
13
Blended family member : STEPSON
15
Spectacular rock events? : METEORSHOWERS
21
One with a reserved seat : SENATORELECT
24
Like the mojito cocktail : CUBAN
25
___ Callender's (supermarket brand) : MARIE
26
Green Toyota : PRIUS
27
Après-ski drink : TODDY
28
Home to the Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club : BOCARATON
29
Historic pueblo near Albuquerque : ACOMA
30
Samuel L. Jackson's "Pulp Fiction" role : JULES
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Make time for : SCHEDULE
32
Red-faced : ASHAMED
36
Tycho Brahe and Niels Bohr, for two : DANES
37
Didn't break down : COPED
38
Lighter brand : ZIPPO
39
Literary lion : ASLAN
40
Fen flora : REEDS
42
What a bridesmaid might carry : POSY
43
Old-fashioned dance venue : BARN
45
Corrosion-resistant coating : TIN
47
Forest female : DOE

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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